Molding



Dec. 4 1923.

- I 1,476,509 E. H. HART MOLDING Filed Oct. 4; 1922 Patented Dec. 4, 11923..

' UNHTED STATES EARL H. HART, OF ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.

MOLDING.

Application filed. October 4, 1922.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that EARL H. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Royal Gale-in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moldings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to molding and more particularly to one whichis secured to a. support and covering a joint in said support. The object is to provide means whereby the molding can be quickly and tightly secured in place. A further ob -e ct is to provide a molding which is secured in place along its entire length in such a Way that the nails for securing the molding to 1ts support are concealed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an automobile body showing the molding applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the tenon strip applied to a support on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is Similar to Fig. 2, but havmg the outer molding strip secured thereto.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the tenon strip and the molding strip before being secured together. i

Fig: 6 is a View of a modified construction.

Fig. 7 is an assembled view of the modified construction.

The molding is shown applied to an automobile body, and this molding is commonly called a belt-molding. This form .is used merely as an illustration of how the molding can be used, but it is obvious that this form of molding can be used on other than automobile bodies.

Tn Fig. 1 T have shown an enclosed automobile body which has the upper portion a separate from the lower portion 6 and the joint is covered by a molding c.

In Figures 2 and 3 I show the method by which the molding is secured to the support. deformable ribs or tongues 6 running lengthwise of the strip. The tenon strip A soft metal tenon strip d has the Serial No. 592,230.

is here shown nailed to the support as at f, said nail being preferably located between the deformable ribs or tongues. -A molding strip 9 has a groove it having a curved face and is pressed or hammered onto the tenon strip. The ribs 6 are thus forced against the face 7' and into the grooves h thereby interlocking the molding strip with the tenon strip along the entire length.

In Figures 6 and 7, I have shown a modified construction in which the tenon strip has inverted \l-shaped deformable ribs or tongues z' and a molding strip providedwith a groove k. In this construction the depth of the groove is less than the height of the. tongue and when the molding strip is pressed or hammered onto the tenon strip, the ribs i are forced into the shown in Fig.7.

What I claim is: p

1. In a structure as specified, the combination of a support, a long and narrow channel-like tenon strip arranged to lie with its back to the support and the upstanding walls forming deformable ribs.

groove a means passing through the back of the tenon strip for securing the same to the support, and a molding strip having under-cut recesses shaped to direct the deformable ribs being shaped so that when the molding stripis placed on the tenon stripthe ribs being wider than the depth of recesses are turned into the under-cut portions to lock the molding strip to the tenon strip.-

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

EARL H. Ham. 

